How to Make Juice and Green Smoothies with a Blender

Green Smoothie Revolution

©2012 Shanna Ohmes

Juicing and green smoothies are healthy ways of getting your greens, vegetables and fruits into your diet.  But not everyone wants to use or buy a juicer.  Learn how to make juice and smoothies with a blender and add these to your daily diet. 

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How to Make Homemade Ice Cream

Manual Ice Cream Maker

©2011 Shanna Ohmes

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!  Spring quickly turns into 100° days of summer and one of the most delicious ways to cool down is to learn how to make ice cream using milk and cream from your homestead goat or cow.

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Cast Iron Cookware—Cookware that Stands the Test of Time

Camp Chef CBOXBR Browning Cast Iron Set

©2011 Shanna Ohmes

On the breeze stirs the aroma of cornbread, beans and brisket baking in a fire pit, mixed with the sharp smell of horse sweat and dust as the cattle push their way into the pens from the roundup.  Sharp whistles and “Haws!” pierce the air, driving the herd through the separate . . . → Read More: Cast Iron Cookware—Cookware that Stands the Test of Time

Home Canning and Preserving Food for Winter… Don’t Put Your Canner Away Yet!

Click here to read reviews on the Presto 1781 Pressure Canner

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

So you had a large garden and canned all you could before the first freeze.  Or, the garden didn’t produce enough for whatever reasons and you’re ready to move on to the holidays.  Don’t put that canner in storage just yet!  Pressure canning food is not just for the garden or . . . → Read More: Home Canning and Preserving Food for Winter… Don’t Put Your Canner Away Yet!

The Ultimate Guide to Canning and Preserving

Click here to get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to Canning and Preserving today!

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Have you wanted to learn how to can and preserve food from your garden, the farmers market or even from the produce aisle in your supermarket?

The Ultimate Guide to Canning and Preserving by Victoria Stewart will show you how to preserve your own food.  She also offers a Free Canning . . . → Read More: The Ultimate Guide to Canning and Preserving

Is Your Microwave Oven a Dangerous Appliance?

©2010 Shanna Ohmes

Do you heat breast milk, milk or formula in the microwave?  Or cook your meal, thaw out meat, pop popcorn?  Did you know the microwave is harming your health?

The dangerous effects from microwave cooking have been known for years—in other countries—and ignored in the United States.  Years ago, when I . . . → Read More: Is Your Microwave Oven a Dangerous Appliance?

Sauerkraut and Pickle Crocks

Sauerkraut and Pickling Crocks and Supplies

Cultures for Health

Cultures for Health